He attempted many different kinds of literary work, the most ambitious being perhaps his patriotic songs "Preussenlieder", of which he published a volume during the revolutionary excitement of 1848–1849. Another collection, "Neue Preussenlieder", appeared in 1864 after the Danish War, and a third in 1870, "Gegen die Franzosen, Preussische Kriegs- und Königslieder", during the Franco-Prussian War.