1834 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in (1897) 308 Pitt..loved England, as an Athenian loved the City of the Violet Crown.
1851 E. B. Browning i. ii. 3 Was the violet crown that crowned thy head So over large..It slipped down..?
1877 J. Morley 2nd Ser. 385 A thrill like that which the..sight of the dear city of the Violet Crown moved in an Athenian of old.