Although he often used the pseudonyms Paddy Murphy and Didymus, the prolific works under his own name soon became published worldwide and he became famous throughout Australia and New Zealand. Later publications of his works in bound editions included "Flowers of the Freeland", "Behind the Tomb and Other Poems" (1871), "The Land of the Maori and the Moa" (or "Lays of the Land of the Maori and Moa"), "Musings in Maoriland" and "Lays and Lyrics: God’s Own Country and Other Poems" (1893).