Sappho Fragment 31

Sappho

What does the last line in poem 31 referred to?

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The line is

and sweat pours coldly over me, and all
my body shakes, suddenly sallower
than summer grass, and death, I fear and feel,
is very near.

The last line refers to the speakers impending death.

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