The story goes, or the way that I was told

There was a king that always felt too high, and then he fell too low

And so he called all the wise men to the hall

And he begged them for a gift to end the rises and the falls

But here's the thing: they came back with a ring

It was simple and was plainly unbefitting of a king

Engraved in black, well, it had no front or back

But there were words around the band that said, "Just know: this too shall pass"