Homeric Hymns
Besides a number of minor poems, he wrote "Harfengrüsse aus Deutschland und der Schweiz" (1823) and "Malegys und Vivian" (1829), a knightly romance after the fashion of the romantic school. Of his many translations, mention may be made of the Homeric Hymns in collaboration with R. Schwenck (1814), Tasso's "Jerusalem Delivered" (1818) and "Siegfrieds Tod" from the "Nibelungenlied" (1842); he also collected and translated Latin hymns and sacred poetry (1819).