SjmarfEnglish, old
wateroreWhan that Aprille with his shoures soote,
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licóur
Of which vertú engendred is the flour;
Is that Beowulf era English?
no that would be something roughly like
hwonne þæs esode eac swéoran hrūmas
(I used an online translator for the first line so probably horribly bastardized)