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Assumes file is in working directory and file name is stored in variable f

from curses import*;import time;s=initscr();F=file.read(file('F.txt')).split('\n');y=0
while 1:
 for i in F:
  s.addstr(y,0,i);s.refresh();y+=1
  if i=='':y=0;s.clear();time.sleep(1)

ctl+C to quit

Edit: Changed the filename method, now uses a variable (-6chrs)
Edit: Changed the for to iterate through the list F - Thanks ace (-12chrs)