His poems On the 50th Birthday of N. I. Grech (1854), and Ode on the Death of Nicholas I (1855), copies of which were distributed outside the University, showed his hostile attitude toward the autocracy.
ديوانُه On the 50th Birthday of N. I. Grech (1854) وOde on the Death of Nicholas I (1855)، طُبِعت ونُشرت داخل الجامعة وخارجها وأظهرت موقفه العدائي تجاه الاستبداد.