JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<ul class="menu">
  <li class="item">
     <a class="link">one</a>
  </li>
  <li class="item">
     <a class="link">two</a>
  </li>
  <li class="item">
     <a class="link">three</a>
  </li>
  <li class="item">
     <a class="link">four</a>
  </li>
<ul>

JavaScript

var items = $('.menu li').get();
items.sort(function(a,b){ 
  var keyA = $(a).find('a').text();
  var keyB = $(b).find('a').text();

  if (keyA < keyB) return -1;
  if (keyA > keyB) return 1;
  return 0;
});
var ul = $('.menu');
ul.empty();
$.each(items, function(i, li){
  ul.append(li);
});