Spurns

The more she spurns my love, the more it grows.

Meanwhile, with beaten breasts and streaming hair, / the Trojan dames, a sad and suppliant train, / the veil to partial Pallas' temple bear. / Stern, with averted eyes the Goddess spurns their prayer.

Does the country risk being enclosed in a geographical cocoon if it spurns a multi-continent project for which everyone else has signed up?