Written Near a Port on a Dark Evening : : Sonnet : By Charlotte Smith ( 1749-1806 ) : Huge vapours brood above the clifted shore,Night on the ocean settles dark and mute, 2Save where is heard the repercussive roar 3Of drowsy billows on the rugged foot 4Of rocks remote; or still more distant toneContinue reading “Written near a Port on a Dark Evening : Charlotte Smith : : Darkness Poems : :”