GR translation: her marginally human touch

[Mike Jing]

P99.40-41  ... the newly-dead youth, embracing his Lament, his last link, leaving now even her marginally human touch forever, ...

Who is "she"?  Why is her touch "marginally human"?

Does "she" refer to "his Lament"?  If so, is it an actual person, or, most likely, something else?

Not sure if the answer is in the Tenth Elegy.  Haven't had time to study it.
 		 	   		  
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