How can I vertically align a floated image

When I try to vertically align text on the left to the vertical middle of the image on the right, nothing works.

HTML

<div class= "div"> <p class= "alignleft">text on the left</p> <img src= "example.jpeg" class= 'alignright'> </div>

CSS

`.div {
align-tiems: center;

}

.alignleft {
  float: left;
}

.alignright {
  text-align: right;
  vertical-align: middle;
}`

This is what I've got so far. I have no clue how to move further

What I've got

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What I would like

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Flexbox is the way to go here. howtocenterincss.com is a handy online tool to use to give you code to solve most problems. It can be very frustrating aligning text, images and other elements, that's for sure.

.container {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  /* This maximises the space between eleemnts */
  justify-content:space-between;
  
  /* you can use gap if you just want a fixed width between items */
  /* gap: 1rem */
  
}

<div class='container'>
  <div>Some Text here</div>
  <div><img src='https://www.fillmurray.com/200/100'>
  </div>
</div>