Another moving poem, which looks at the theme in a rather different way, is The Magpie Bridge Immortals by Ch'in Kuan (1049--1100) of the Northern Sung: The woven clouds are exquisitely worked; The drifting stars express their longing; In the dark she crosses the distant, distant River of Silver.
以牛郎織女為題材的詞中，最動人的則是北宋秦觀的「鵲橋仙」：纖雲弄巧，飛星傳恨，銀漢迢迢暗度；金風玉露一相逢，便勝卻人間無數。柔情似水，佳期如夢，忍顧鵲橋歸路？兩情若是久長時，又豈在朝朝暮暮。