Frankly, I don't understand you on this one. If she is affectedly pretty and cute, as opposed to actually pretty, then why would you, a saint, want to give yourself to her? Probably, there is something I am missing here. I had to look up "twee" a briticism that I may be misinterpreting. Or maybe it's a sly way of saying you are not a saint.
It's not supposed to be particularly meaningful. The first line is more or less the definition of 'Twee', the second is just about the most twee phrase I could think of. Put them together, and you have a couplet which defines and exemplifies the word. A bit of fun, nothing more.
Also, it's the sinners - not the saints - who get the pretty ones.
i think i can see a particularly tasty meaning if we consider that a bishop may become a saint. giving a pretty, dainty, and quaint thang the "bishop"... well, maybe she would be giving up her soul, if you believe the church.
multilayered bit of fun...is it deep....is it ironic ...surely not cynical... a comment on the human condition or aspiration...i give up... enjoyed reading it though :)
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-Thanks must also go at this point to the Collins Concise English Dictionary.
Also, it's the sinners - not the saints - who get the pretty ones.
^_^
...Don't expect more than you ain't.
LOL...
Cute little ditty:)
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