También compuso largos poemas, como, sobre la Guerra de la Independencia, "Iberia won: A Poem Descriptive of the Peninsular War, with Impressions" (1847) y "The ocean flower: a poem preceded by an historical and descriptive account of the Island of Madeira: a summary of the discoveries and chivalrous history of Portugal and an essay on portuguese literature" (London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1845).