Status Updates From David Elginbrod

"And he said no more. For a vision rose before him of the rugged pine-wood and the single primrose; and of the thoughtful maiden, with unpolished speech and rough hands."

"He was but a poor old shepherd, Mr. Sutherland, with hair as white as the sheep that followed him. And he followed the great Shepherd, and followed and followed, till he just followed him home, where all his sheep are bound."

I’m struggling with the dialect.