JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<p id="output"></p>
<a href="one.htm">one</a>
<a href="two.htm">two</a>
JavaScript
var url = "two.htm";
var linktext = $("a[href='" + url + "']").text();
$('#output').text(linktext);
<p id="output"></p>
<a href="one.htm">one</a>
<a href="two.htm">two</a>
var url = "two.htm";
var linktext = $("a[href='" + url + "']").text();
$('#output').text(linktext);