JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div>
    <img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/images/rss/rss_icon.jpg" style="width:60px;height:60px float:left">
    <span style="vertical-align:middle">Doesn't work.</span>
</div>

CSS

img{float:left;}
span{float:left;padding-top: 17px;}