Possible Clues:

• Cold-stricken
• Suffering around the eyes, but uncongested, we're told
• Having lots of space in the ears and water in the eyes?
• Cold and damp and spacious, we hear ...
• Damp and unhealthy, but spacious, we hear
• It's said capacious hanky's needed, if you're like this
• Spacious, from what we hear, but cold
• Unhealthy male in grip of unusual malady at last
• Damp and unhealthy smell in trains crossing East
• Persian poet sounds affected by cold