would that

would that or I would that or would God or would heaven  {literary}
I wish that. — Used at the beginning of a sentence expressing a wish; followed by a verb in the subjunctive; found mostly in poetry and older literature.
Would that I could only drop everything and join you.
Would that my mother were alive to see me married.
Syn.: IF ONLY.
Categories: literary
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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