I can endure my own despair,
but not another's hope.

I can endure my own despair but not another's hope.

Of all the plagues a lover bears,Sure rivals are the worst!

In love alone we hate to findCompanions of our woe.

(Lead poisoning) does cause some neurological problems, but it's almost always in the extremities, in the arms and legs primarily. There have been a couple of cases of deafness caused by lead poisoning but it's very rare, so I think it's a long shot.

We feel that we're fulfilling part of his wishes, albeit 199 years later,