The first twelve lines of The Ruin:
Ƿrætlic is þes ƿealstan; ƿyrde gebræcon
burgatede burston; brosnaðenta geƿeorc.
Hrofas sind gehrorene, hreorge torras,
hrimgeat berofen hrim on lime
scearde scurbeorge scorene, gedrorene,
ældo undereotone. Eorð grap hafað
ƿaldendƿyrhtan, forƿeorone, geleorene,
heard gripe hrusan, oþ hund cnea
ƿerþeoda geƿitan. Oft þes ƿag gebad
ræghar ond readfah rice æfter oþrum,
ofstonden under stormum; steap geap gedreas.
Ƿunað giet se ƿealstan ƿederum geheaƿen.
Yeah, I think Anglo-Saxon is an intriguing language, although I probably won't actually learn it. I too take a vast interest in linguistics.