Is paradise like earth?

Paradise is like earth—a creation of God, but a much more glorious and perfect creation. 

And since the earthly and the heavenly creation resemble each other in somewhat the same manner as the original resembles its imperfect copy, you can speak of the glories of paradise even to an earthly ununderstanding. 

Just take from the earthly creation all that reminds of death and corruption, imagine all traces of the perishableness manifested by all that grows and blooms removed, let all colours be brighter, all blossoms more fully developed, all perfumes more exquisite, let it be always May, and then you will get at least some faint notion of the glory that will surround you.