File POETRY.BA (BASIC source file)

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100 GO TO 110
110 LET D=0
120 LET D=D+1
130 GO TO 1300
140 PRINT "THE HOURS RISE UP PUTTING OFF STARS"
150 LET A1=1
160 LET D=D+1
170 PRINT "    AND IT IS DAWN"
180 GO TO 1350
190 PRINT "INTO THE STREET OF THE SKY LIGHT"
200 LET A2=1
210 LET D=D+1
220 PRINT "    WALKS SCATTERING POEMS"
230 GO TO 1350
240 PRINT "ON EARTH A CANDLE IS EXTINGUISED"
250 LET A3=1
260 LET D=D+1
270 PRINT "    THE CITY WAKES"
280 GO TO 1350
290 PRINT "WITH A SONG UPON HER MOUTH"
300 LET A4=1
310 LET D=D+1
320 PRINT "    HAVING DEATH IN HER EYES"
330 GO TO 1350
340 PRINT "AND IT IS DAWN"
350 PRINT "              THE WORLD"
360 LET A5=1
370 LET D=D+1
380 PRINT "    GOES FORTH TO MURDER DREAMS"
390 GO TO 1350
400 PRINT "  AND IT IS DAY"
410 LET C5=1
420 LET D=D+1
430 GO TO 1350
440 PRINT "IN THE MIRROR I SEE A MAN, AND HE"
450 PRINT "     SCREAMS"
460 LET D= D+1 
470 LET C5=1
480 PRINT "FOR HE IS ME"
490 LET D=D+1
500 PRINT "            AND I HE"
510 GO TO 1350
520 PRINT "AND IT IS DUSK"
530 LET A7=1
540 LET D=D+1
550 PRINT "              ON EARTH"
560 GO TO 1350
570 PRINT "A CANDLE IS LIGHTED"
580 LET A8=1
590 LET D=D+1
600 PRINT "    AND IT IS DARK"
610 GO TO 1350
620 PRINT " THE PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR HOUSES"
630 LET A9=1
640 LET D=D+1
650 GO TO 1350
660 PRINT "SHE SLEEPS WITH DEATH UPON HER MOUTH"
670 LET B1=1
680 LET D=D+1
690 PRINT "    AND A SONG IN HER EYES"
700 GO TO 1350
710 PRINT " THE HOURS DESENDED"
720 LET B2=1
730 LET D=D+1
740 PRINT "                   PUTTING ON STARS"
750 GO TO 1350
760 PRINT "NOBODY LOSES ALL THE TIME "
770 LET B3=1
780 LET D=D+1
790 GO TO 1350
800 PRINT "HIS MOST WISE MUSIC STOLE"
810 LET B4=1
820 LET D=D+1
830 PRINT "    NOTHING FROM DEATH"
840 GO TO 1350
850 PRINT "LOVE IS THE EVER ONLY GOD"
860 LET B5=1
870 LET D=D+1
880 GO TO 1350
890 PRINT "WHO SPOKE THIS EARTH SO GLAD AND BIG"
900 LET B6=1
910 LET D=D+1
920 PRINT "    EVEN A THING ALL SMALL AND SAD"
930 GO TO 1350
940 PRINT "WHO IS AFRAID OF DEATH?THOU"
950 LET B7=1
960 LET D=D+1
970 PRINT "    ART OF HIM"
980 GO TO 1350
990 PRINT "OR WITH THY MIND AGAINST MY MIND,"
1000 LET B8=1
1010 LET D=D+1
1020  PRINT "    YOU SHOULD NOT HEAR ME SPEAK"
1030 GO TO 1350
1040 PRINT "FOR IF HE IS GONE AND I AM HERE"
1050 LET B9=1
1060 LET D=D+1
1070 PRINT "    THERE IS NO MEETING"
1080 GO TO 1350
1090 PRINT " TIME IS TWISTED TO LAP UPON"
1100 LET C1=1
1110 LET D=D+1
1120 PRINT "     ITSELF FOREVER"
1130 GO TO 1350
1140 PRINT "AND SPACE IS MISING FOR IT WAS "
1150 LET C2=1
1160 LET D=D+1
1170 PRINT "STOLEN FOR ALL TIME TO COME "
1180 GO TO 1350
1190 PRINT "THERE IS NEVER AN END,"
1200 LET C3=1
1210 LET D=D+1
1220 PRINT " MERELY A BELATED BEGINING..."
1230 GO TO 1350
1240 PRINT "AND TWICE REPEATED THERE"
1250 LET C4=1
1260 PRINT "    WAS NO MORE"
1270 GO TO 1350
1280 PRINT
1281 D=D+1
1290 GO TO 1350
1300 PRINT " RANDOM POETRY IN FOUR PART HARMONY."
1310 PRINT 
1320 PRINT
1330 IF Q=INT(Q) THEN 1280
1340 IF D=12 THEN 2330
1350 LET X=RND(-1)*24
1360 LET X1=INT(X)+1
1361 IF D=4 THEN1280
1362 IF D=8 THEN1280
1363 IF D>16 THEN 2330
1370 IF X1=1 THEN 1390
1380 GO TO 1410
1390 IF A1=1 THEN 1410
1400 IF X1=1 THEN 140
1410 IF X1=2 THEN 1430
1420 GO TO 1450
1430 IF A2=1 THEN 1450
1440 IF X1=2 THEN 290
1450 IF X1=3 THEN 1470
1460 GO TO 1490
1470 IF A3=1 THEN 1490
1480 IF X1=3 THEN 190
1490 IF X1=4 THEN1510
1500 GO TO 1530
1510 IF A4=1 THEN 1530
1520 IF X1=4 THEN 240
1530 IF X1=5 THEN 1550
1540 GO TO 1570
1550 IF A5=1 THEN 1570
1560 IF X1=5 THEN 340
1570 IF X1=6 THEN 1590
1580 GO TO 1610
1590 IF A6= 1 THEN 1610
1600 IF X1=6 THEN 400
1610IF X1=7 THEN 1630
1620 GO TO 1650 
1630 IF A7=1 THEN 1650
1640 GO TO 520
1650 IF X1=8 THEN 1670
1660 GO TO 1690
1670 IF A8=1 THEN 1690
1680 GO TO 570
1690 IF X1=9 THEN 1710
1700 GO TO 1730
1710 IF A9=1 THEN 1730
1720 GO TO 620
1730 IF X1=10 THEN 1750
1740 GO TO 1780
1750 GO TO 1760
1760 IF B1=1 THEN 1780
1770 GO TO 660
1780 IF X1=11 THEN 1800
1790 GO TO 1820
1800 IF B2=1 THEN 1820
1810 GO TO 710
1820 IF X1=12 THEN 1840
1830 GO TO 1860
1840 IF B3=1 THEN 1860
1850 GO TO 760
1860 IF X1=13 THEN 1880
1870 GO TO 1900
1880 IF B4=1 THEN 1900
1890 GO TO 800
1900 IF X1=14 THEN 1920
1910 GO TO 1940
1920 IF B5=1 THEN 1840
1930 GO TO 850
1940 IF X1=15 THEN 1960
1950 GO TO 1980
1960 IF B6=1 THEN 1980
1970 GO TO 890
1980 IF X1=16 THEN 2000 
1990 GO TO 2020
2000 IF B7=1 THEN 2020
2010 GO TO 940
2020 IF X1=17 THEN 2040
2030 GO TO 2060
2040 IF B8=1 THEN 2060
2050 GO TO 990
2060 IF X1=18 THEN 2080
2070 GO TO 2100
2080 IF B9=1 THEN 2100
2090 GO TO 1040
2100 IF X1=19 THEN 2120
2110 GO TO 2140
2120 IF C1=1 THEN 2140
2130 GO TO 1090
2140 IF X1=20 THEN 2160
2150 GO TO 2180
2160 IF C2=1 THEN 2180
2170 GO TO 1140
2180 IF X1=21 THEN 2200
2190 GO TO 2220
2200 IF C3=1 THEN 2220
2210 GO TO 1190
2220 IF X1=22 THEN 2240
2230 GO TO 2260
2240 IF C4=1 THEN 2260
2250 GO TO 1240
2260 IF X1=23 THEN 2280
2270 GO TO 2300
2280 IF C5=1 THEN 2300
2290 GO TO 440
2300 GO TO 2320
2310 IF X1=24 THEN 1280
2320 GO TO 1350
2330 PRINT
2340 PRINT
2350 PRINT
2360 END



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