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HTML

<div class="parent">
     <i>&rarr;</i><span>Action</span>
</div>

<div class="parent">
    <span>Action</span><i>&larr;</i>
</div>

CSS

.parent i:first-child {
    margin-right: 5px;
    background: aquamarine;
}

.parent i:last-child {
    margin-left: 5px;
    border: 1px solid red;
}